Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall on the set of Popeye (1980)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_Village

if you can make it to Malta

and it is glorious

to think about it - The Shining seems almost like a sequel to Popeye.

Shelley Duvall really ran the gamut of acting under unorthodox directorial styles didn’t she

Paramount wanted to do Annie adaptation but they lost the bid so Robert Evans asked what else they've got they can turn into a musical - and the answer he got was Popeye. Evans got obsessed with doing comic strip accurate adaptation and went overboard. Altman was brought in because he did Nashville and seemed like a good fit.

there's a great video by Hats Off Entertainment on the production of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLnIlP7kbdA

happens to the best of us

Have you seen El Topo?

yay